Unravelling the distinct strains of Tharu ancestry

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1404-1412

  Chaubey, Gyaneshwer ^a   Singh, Manvendra ^b   Crivellaro, Federica ^c,d   Tamang, Rakesh ^e,f,p   Nandan, Amrita ^b   Singh, Kamayani ^b   Sharma, Varun Kumar ^b   Pathak, Ajai Kumar ^a,e   Shah, Anish M ^b   Sharma, Vishwas ^b   Singh, Vipin Kumar ^b   Rani, Deepa Selvi ^b   Rai, Niraj ^b   Kushniarevich, Alena ^a   Ilumäe, Anne Mai ^a,e   Karmin, Monika ^a,e   Phillip, Anand ^b   Verma, Abhilasha ^b   Prank, Erik ^a,e   Singh, Vijay Kumar ^b   Li, Blaise ^g   Govindaraj, Periyasamy ^h   Chaubey, Akhilesh Kumar ⁱ   Dubey, Pavan Kumar ^j   Reddy, Alla G ^b   Premkumar, Kumpati ^h   Vishnupriya, Satti ^f   Pande, Veena ^k   Parik, Jüri ^a,e   Rootsi, Siiri ^a   Endicott, Phillip ^l   Metspalu, Mait ^a,e   Lahr, Marta Mirazon ^c   Van Driem, George ^m   Villems, Richard ^a,e,n   Kivisild, Toomas ^a,c   Singh, Lalji ^b,j,o   Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography L Pigorini   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^h BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya   (India)

^j BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^k KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^l MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁿ ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^o Genome Foundation   (India)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST ASIAN; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRAIN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MITOCHONDRIAL HAPLOGROUP; NEPAL; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UTTAR PRADESH; UTTARAKHAND; Y CHROMOSOME; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HAPLOTYPE; INDIA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; NEPAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85027917075     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.36     Document Type: Article

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